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Scrobipalpa nitentella
Coast Orache Miner (Fuchs, 1902)
Gelechiidae: Gelechiinae
815 / 35.115
Photo © Brian Jones,  24/06/2012 - Breydon Saltmarsh Gt Yarmouth (male, gen/det by Jon Clifton)

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Purslane Moth
Scrobipalpa instabilella
Southern Blite Moth
Scrobipalpa suaedella
Wingspan: 12-15mm
Flight: July-August
Foodplant:   Goosefoot or Annual Sea-blite,
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4
Status
Local.
Stated as our most common salt-marsh Gelechid (MBGBI Vol 2 p175).

Most saltmarsh inhabiting Scrobipalpa species S. salicorniae, S. obsoletella, S. instabilella, S. samadensis, S. suaedella are extremely similar and cannot be identified without genitalia dissection.

Leaf-mine: mines the leaves of foodplant with the first instar producing a U or horseshoe-shaped mine.

Determination by Genitalia Examination Required

Recorded in 10 (14%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1980.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
25/07/2023128TF74Holme NNR
19/07/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
12/07/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
11/07/2023128TF74Holme NNR
06/07/2023328TF64Holme
05/07/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
12/09/2022+28TF94Stiffkey Salt Marshes
11/09/2022+28TF74Brancaster Staithe
05/09/2022128TF63Dersingham
29/08/2022+27TG14West Runton
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